Staff writer, with CNA
Tamkang University professor emerita Yang Shu-chuen （楊淑娟） and Frank Muyard, head of the French School of the Far East’s （EFEO） Taipei Center, have been named recipients of the 30th Taiwan-France Cultural Award, the Ministry of Culture said today.
Yang, a professor emerita at Tamkang University's Department of French, is the first Taiwanese to head the Asia-Pacific Commission of the International Federation of French Professors, the ministry said in a statement.
Over the past 40 years, she has dedicated herself to promoting French-language education and cultural exchanges between Taiwan and France, the ministry said.
She hosted a French-language learning program on the radio for 30 years and has published more than 20 books on French culture and language learning, it said.
Over the past two decades, Yang has also organized more than 100 cultural events, facilitated exchanges among French teachers and helped coordinate teacher-training programs across the Asia-Pacific region, contributing to the professional development of hundreds of educators, it said.
Muyard, a French sociologist and historian who has lived in Taiwan for more than 20 years, became head of EFEO's Taipei Center in 2017, the ministry said.
His research focuses on Taiwan's political sociology, modern history and contemporary social changes, including the formation of Taiwanese national identity during democratization, the history and development of archaeology and indigenous archaeology, and Taiwan's experience as a colonial and postcolonial society, it said.
Muyard taught courses on contemporary French society and philosophy in National Central University's Department of French for more than a decade, helping prepare students for further studies in France, the ministry said.
He has also organized international academic conferences and workshops, making significant contributions to academic exchanges between Taiwan and France in the humanities and social sciences, it added.
The recipients were chosen by a jury at a meeting in Paris from among applicants in Taiwan, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, the ministry said.
The jury included Minister of Culture Li Yuan （李遠）, Jean-Robert Pitte, a member of the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques at the Institut de France, and other experts.
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TAIPEI TIMES